Section 102850, Health and Safety Code, gives the following definitions of circumstances of death that should be reported to the Coroner:
- Without medical attendance
- During the continued absence of the attending physician
- Where the attending physician is unable to state the cause of death
- Where suicide is suspected
- Following an injury or an accident, either old or recent
- Under such circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground to suspect that the death was caused by the criminal act of another.
